UNTITLED: Art on the conditions of our time
Sat 10 July 2021 - Sun 3 October 2021
Kettle's Yard House and Gallery
Kettle’s Yard is pleased to present Untitled: art on the conditions of our time. This exhibition brings together work by 10 British African diaspora artists with a focus on how their innovative practices ask important questions about some of the most important cultural and political issues of our turbulent times. The exhibition will feature new commissions by Barby Asante, Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom and NT, as well as new and recent work by Larry Achiampong & David Blandy, Phoebe Boswell, Kimathi Donkor, Evan Ifekoya, Cedar Lewisohn, Harold Offeh and Ima-Abasi Okon. Painting, drawing and printmaking sits alongside performance, video and sound installation.
The exhibition title refers to the longstanding art historical convention of leaving artworks ‘untitled’ in order to encourage attention onto the works themselves, and eliminate reliance upon contextual information. Untitled asks viewers to examine the conditions of our time through the prism of Black British artists working today, without reducing the encounter solely to an exploration of Black British identity. By avoiding such over-contextualisation, the exhibition seeks to foreground these artists’ practices and show how they create platforms for audiences to explore the connections between art, culture and society.
Curator Paul Goodwin has said:
“This exhibition takes a bold curatorial approach to the often paradoxical question of curating ‘black survey shows’. Instead of focusing on blackness ahead of the works themselves, Untitled flips this order and focuses on the works first and foremost. Questions of blackness, race and identity are then shown to be entangled in the multitude of concerns – aesthetic, material and political – that viewers can encounter without the curatorial voice obscuring the works.”
This exhibition is a new iteration of UNTITLED: art on the conditions of our time, originally produced by New Art Exchange, Nottingham in 2017, and curated by Paul Goodwin and Hansi Momodu-Gordon. At Kettle’s Yard it is curated by Paul Goodwin with Guy Haywood. The exhibition is financially supported by Arts Council, England.
FREE, booking recommended
Cost: FREE, booking recommended
Enquiries and booking
Booking is recommended for this event.
Website Email: mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk
Timing
In person
11:00am-5:00pm daily from Saturday 10 July 2021 until Sunday 3 October 2021
All times
Sat 10 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 11 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 12 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 13 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 14 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 15 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 16 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 17 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 18 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 19 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 20 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 21 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 22 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 23 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 24 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 25 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 26 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 27 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 28 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 29 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 30 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 31 July 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 1 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 2 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 3 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 4 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 5 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 6 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 7 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 8 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 9 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 10 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 11 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 12 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 13 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 14 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 15 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 16 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 17 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 18 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 19 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 20 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 21 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 22 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 23 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 24 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 25 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 26 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 27 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 28 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 29 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 30 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 31 August 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 1 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 2 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 3 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 4 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 5 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 6 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 7 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 8 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 9 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 10 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 11 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 12 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 13 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 14 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 15 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 16 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 17 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 18 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 19 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 20 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 21 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 22 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 23 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 24 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 25 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 26 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 27 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 28 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 29 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 30 September 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 1 October 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 2 October 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 3 October 2021 | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |